MELANCHOLIA - Blu-ray review

Melancholia (2011)

High-Def Digest

1 May 2012

Conclusion: Though I had issues with it, 'Melancholia' excels in a number of areas and is perfect for those who want a film that is original and different. Even with the limited Special Features, fans of the film should be very happy with the A/V qualities, and it's highly recommended for those who appreciate...

Melancholia

BluRay Authority

28 March 2012

Excerpt: Is it me or are there a growing number of films that involve another planet in them? Last fall I saw a trailer for a film called Another Earth in which there was, literally, another Earth ! Director Terrance Malick also gave us a very surreal film in his Best Picture nominated The Tree of Life .

Melancholia

Rock! Shock! Pop!

22 March 2012

Summary: Some more extras would have been very welcome given the depth of the film but this is otherwise an excellent release from Magnolia. The transfer is beautiful and the audio just as strong and engrossing while the film itself is a fairly incredible look at the human dynamic in relation to depression...

Melancholia (Blu-ray)

Melancholia (2011)

blu-ray.com

8 March 2012

Conclusion: An extended metaphor for the paralysis of depression and a grand existential statement about the ultimate inconsequentiality of life on Earth, Melancholia lives up to its name as the most lugubrious film of 2011.

Melancholia

The Digital Fix

28 September 2011

Excerpt: For most of his filmmaking career, Lars von Trier has run the risk of either falling flat on his ass or disappearing up it. His earliest films in the Europe Trilogy , fawningly derivative of Tarkovsky and Bergman, demonstrated more style than substance, but from Breaking the Waves and The Idiots...

Review: ‘Melancholia’

Variety

18 May 2011

Summary: It's the end of the world but also the start of something new for Lars von Trier, whose mind-blowing "Melancholia" offers perhaps the gentlest depiction of annihilation one could imagine from any director, much less the Danish provocateur.